Functional response of ungulate browsers in disturbed eastern hemlock forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 362, Issue , 2016, Pages 177-183

  Faison, Edward K ^a   DeStefano, Stephen ^b   Foster, David R ^c   Barker Plotkin, Audrey ^c  

^a Highstead   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional response; Hemlock woolly adelgid; Moose; Top down; Ungulates; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY); REFORESTATION;

FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HEMLOCK WOOLLY ADELGID; MOOSE; TOPDOWN; UNGULATES; WHITE-TAILED DEER;

FORESTRY;

BROWSING; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HERBIVORY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REGENERATION; TEMPERATE FOREST; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; UNGULATE;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

ADELGES TSUGAE; ADELGIDAE; ALCES; HEXAPODA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; TSUGA CANADENSIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 84949883887     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.12.006     Document Type: Article

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